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my teeth.”
    I looked up. Jack didn’t look too surprised by my aunt.
    â€œDo I do a good job?” asked Aunt Flora.
    â€œI don’t know,” said Jack.
    â€œDo you have any cavities?” she asked.
    â€œNo,” he said.
    â€œThen I do,” she said. “And so do you. You get a prize!” She reached into the bag she’d brought and handed Jack a little tube of toothpaste.
    â€œAwesome!” he said. “Thanks!”

    â€œYou clean my teeth too,” said Erin. “And you do a very good job.”
    â€œThank you, Erin.” Aunt Flora gave her a toothbrush.
    â€œMine too,” said Charlie.
    â€œHere you go, Charlie.” Aunt Flora tossed him some floss.
    â€œI wish you cleaned my teeth,” said Trevor.
    Aunt Flora smiled and sent a little tube of toothpaste his way. She waved her magic wand around a few times, and her bracelets jangled. “How often should you brush?”
    â€œAfter every meal,” the class called out.
    Aunt Flora tossed out a handful of toothbrushes.
    â€œWho here has lost a tooth?” she asked.
    Hands went up everywhere, and little tubes of toothpastes and flosses went flying. Kids scrambled around picking them up like it was an egg hunt.
    â€œI brush my dog’s teeth,” said Abby. “And you aren’t scary at all, by the way.”

    Aunt Flora looked a little confused. “Thank you, I think.” She reached deep in her bag and threw a package of little pink pills to her. “Those are disclosing tablets. After you brush and floss, chew one of them up. The dye turns any plaque left on your teeth pink so you can see where you need to brush better.”

    â€œOoh,” said Hannah. “I want some of those.”
    â€œDo you brush and floss?” Aunt Flora asked.
    â€œRegularly,” said Hannah.
    â€œBravo!” Aunt Flora threw some disclosing tablets to her too.
    I looked over at Abby and Hannah. They smiled big at me, and I smiled big right back.
    Aunt Flora kept asking questions and giving out teeth stuff. She was very, extremely fair; and by the end everyone had at least one thing.

    â€œWhat a vexylent visitor!” said Mr. Harrison. “Not only did we learn what a dentist does, we also learned about taking care of our teeth.”
    â€œAnd it was fun too!” said Zachary, not so quiet after all.
    A lot of kids agreed and I smiled, glad my aunt wasn’t just plain regular and normal.
    Aunt Flora got permission to stay for lunch, and she was popular like you wouldn’t believe. Our lunch table was jam-packed with kids wanting to sit by us.
    After we ate, Erin and I gave Aunt Flora a tour of the school and introduced her to important people like the school secretary and the librarian. The only awshucksible thing about Aunt Flora being there was that I couldn’t have my what’s what with Rosemary T. Now that I’d started, I sort of wanted to finish.

Chapter 12
The What’s What
    A fter school we went home to clean up the house, because my mom and dad were coming home the next day. I mean, MY MOM AND DAD WERE COMING HOME THE NEXT DAY! All in capitals! Me and Tess were so excited, with a big, huge, humongous, capital E .
    Aunt Flora started singing the song that Snow White sings when she’s cleaning up the dwarfs’ house. It’s the one that goes: “Just whistle while you work and hum a merry tune.” It has a lot more words; but we didn’t know what they were, so we just sang that over and over. We also did some tap dancing and some jumping on furniture, and it turned out that cleaning up can actually be sort of fun.
    Tess was in charge of picking toys up off the floor, and I was in charge of putting them away. Aunt Flora was in charge of vacuuming and dishes and anything else she thought of. All of a sudden, between the singing and tap dancing and cleaning, I heard the doorbell ringing and ringing, so I ran and opened it a